[Opinions] Re: Conrad and Joseph.
I considered Conrad. My husband wasn't that into it.
I knew a guy named Conrad in high school. He was quirky/geeky, smart, funny-looking, and cool, and the name suited him. So it has always seemed among the most usable un-usual names I know. I could totally, totally call a son Conrad.
If you need to satisfy your Biblical thing, I think Ira is also cool, unusual these days, and usable. Better than Joseph IMO, which (maybe only to me) sounds sort of marshmallowy. Nathaniel is alright too, especially because of nn Nate.